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maureen naylor joins us with the story. the signs are in place tonight. you can see part of the express way from where we are standing. seven hours from now north carolina's first toll lane will officially open. but carpoolers need to take precautions to make sure they are not charged unnecessarily. >> last-minute computer tests were underway this evening on new sensors along southbound 680 in fremont starting at 5:00 tomorrow morning, the system will give solo drivers the option to pay to drive with carpoolers in this express lane. marked off with double white lines. >> i think i would be willing to pay money as a single driver to drive on the express lane. >> why? >> because it will get me where i need to go faster. >> it is stupid because it is a lane that is already there that the taxpayers already paid for. so why make us pay more to just drive on it. >> the toll lane starts at highway 84 and stretches 14 miles stretch to highway north. here is how it works. you enter the express lane at certain points. on weekdays between 5:00 in the morning and 8:0
maureen naylor joins us with the story. the signs are in place tonight. you can see part of the express way from where we are standing. seven hours from now north carolina's first toll lane will officially open. but carpoolers need to take precautions to make sure they are not charged unnecessarily. >> last-minute computer tests were underway this evening on new sensors along southbound 680 in fremont starting at 5:00 tomorrow morning, the system will give solo drivers the option to pay...
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it would create a fee for the use of paper bags. we see this as, you know one of the criticisms we heard that the plastic bag ban was, paper bags are incrementally based better than plastic bags. the real solution is we want people to bring their own passion. we see paper bags and plastic bags are wasteful. the disposable bags are clogging the recycling and littering the veets. it is a practice we need to move away from. it creates a five cent fee. the money from the fee would not go from the city, the money would be kept by the retailers. this would be -- the city would encourage them to use that to e courage reusable bag users by providing them to the customers or something like that. this fee would be phased in over a two-year period with -- with march 1st2011 will be applied to the large supermarkets and -- frarmcies a then in scrarn, 1st, 2012, it would be scanneded to apply to all retail stores, the following year 2013, we apply to remaining plastic bags that are covered by the plastic bag ban. that's the meat of it, i think.
it would create a fee for the use of paper bags. we see this as, you know one of the criticisms we heard that the plastic bag ban was, paper bags are incrementally based better than plastic bags. the real solution is we want people to bring their own passion. we see paper bags and plastic bags are wasteful. the disposable bags are clogging the recycling and littering the veets. it is a practice we need to move away from. it creates a five cent fee. the money from the fee would not go from the...
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she is actually here with us today. and she also was the first one to come up with the idea of the public defender. she is the founder of the public defender. this is 80 years before the united states supreme court decided to the gideon case where it that he would the states had to provide counsel and her name is clara shortridge fultz. and clara, are you in the house? let's give it up. [applause] >> my name is clara shortridge fultz. and they call me the lady lawyer. as a child i wanted to be a lawyer. i went to my father and told him i want to be a lawyer and he said you would make a great lawyer. if you were a boy. so i buried that dream. but i never forgot. at 15, i met a handsome union soldier named jeremiah fultz and we eloped. we moved west to greener pasttures. first to oregon. then san jose, california. it was around 1876 and i had just had my fifth child. i was working at home as a dress maker and the sheriff came to the door and took my sewing machine for a debt that my husband owed. well, i knew this was ill
she is actually here with us today. and she also was the first one to come up with the idea of the public defender. she is the founder of the public defender. this is 80 years before the united states supreme court decided to the gideon case where it that he would the states had to provide counsel and her name is clara shortridge fultz. and clara, are you in the house? let's give it up. [applause] >> my name is clara shortridge fultz. and they call me the lady lawyer. as a child i wanted...
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you want to get ready and if you want to use it, you have to pay up. estimates are from 30 cents to $6. the lanes are operating at about 5:00 this morning. in about 30 minutes. this is the first of its kind. it has been functioning in southern california for quite a while and other parts of the country. the existing carpool lane is converted with new stripes that detail specific entry and exit points. you pay with your fast track tag and this is electronic. there no toll booths or a need to slow down. the average toll is expected to be about $4 to $6. the price would tell you how much it would be to mission street or all the way down. regular koor poolers or motorcyclers with the hov stickers can use it for free and if you have fast track and if you are one of those drivers, you want to cover it to make sure you don't get charged. this is the first and express lanes are coming to 580 in pleasant to livermore and 237 fly over in milpitas. in about 30 minutes. come on down and use it. kristi smith today in the bay. >> tell me more about the bag. why do y
you want to get ready and if you want to use it, you have to pay up. estimates are from 30 cents to $6. the lanes are operating at about 5:00 this morning. in about 30 minutes. this is the first of its kind. it has been functioning in southern california for quite a while and other parts of the country. the existing carpool lane is converted with new stripes that detail specific entry and exit points. you pay with your fast track tag and this is electronic. there no toll booths or a need to...
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for most of us, that is spending a week in san francisco. that is the name of the california high-speed rail project, to move as efficiently and affordably from one metropolitan of our state to another. although the california high- speed rail project will not be selling tickets from los angeles to san francisco for another 10 years, the transbay joint powers authority inc. the need for trains in other cities. we are glad they have considered the future development of a high-speed system. we are also pleased that the american recovery in reinvestment act is making this project possible. california one, by far, the largest share in the nation of recovery act funds. we need to thank the secretary for that. but we also thank the president for that than his vision for including high-speed rail in the stimulus program, as well as the fine the leadership of speaker pelosi, senator feinstein and boxer, and partners at the u. s. department of transportation and federal railroad administration. we will be looking to do to make high-speed rail a reali
for most of us, that is spending a week in san francisco. that is the name of the california high-speed rail project, to move as efficiently and affordably from one metropolitan of our state to another. although the california high- speed rail project will not be selling tickets from los angeles to san francisco for another 10 years, the transbay joint powers authority inc. the need for trains in other cities. we are glad they have considered the future development of a high-speed system. we...
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nobody really needs to use the expressway lane right now. carpoolers can use the lane for free. they will need to remove the fas trak pass from their windshield and put it in that mylar bag that fas trak gave you so they won't be charged going through these expressway lanes. they've been operational for years now and very successful. more expressway lanes are planned for the bay area. the next one highway 580 in both directions and the one after that will be highway 237. reporting live along southbound 680, i'm jenelle wang. for more on the traffic situation let's go to megan marlena. >> as jenelle said, traffic nice and light. not showing delays on southbound 680 through the sunol grade. speeds are moving at the limit but we will be keeping an eye on this as the morning continues and more commuters hit the road. it will be interesting to see how this new expressway lane does affect that commute. southbound 680 now your drive time from 580 to 101 only 30 minutes. everything looking good. also westbound 237 from 880 to 101. that's a six-minute drive time. eric, kristen. >> megan,
nobody really needs to use the expressway lane right now. carpoolers can use the lane for free. they will need to remove the fas trak pass from their windshield and put it in that mylar bag that fas trak gave you so they won't be charged going through these expressway lanes. they've been operational for years now and very successful. more expressway lanes are planned for the bay area. the next one highway 580 in both directions and the one after that will be highway 237. reporting live along...
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despite a used site we unsightly area will be put used in productive space, more than 8000 jobs will be created create much needed tax revenue for the six city. an estimated $800 million to go to the city because of a project. of the bellman was stalled for years by lawsuits filed by the allman activists, then a judge ruled in the favor of the developers call but there's an appeal pending. if that appeal is overruled, us construction should begin sometime next year. in oakland juppe was kron4 news. >> from mill valley, even this afternoon a couple of a will out there, some drizzle. some fungi make it through the club. so not a bad they want to go past the morning. now we will go live to san francisco on the embarcadero. there is the very building, we have caught the skies tonight. the clouds moving into the land ballet the tablatures right now in the '60s. seller and the santa clara 64 degrees san mateo 61, upper 50s right now for san francisco and the bottom. here's the storm trochophore, and not too much going on tonight. starches impostor today. we will not you, not have even noti
despite a used site we unsightly area will be put used in productive space, more than 8000 jobs will be created create much needed tax revenue for the six city. an estimated $800 million to go to the city because of a project. of the bellman was stalled for years by lawsuits filed by the allman activists, then a judge ruled in the favor of the developers call but there's an appeal pending. if that appeal is overruled, us construction should begin sometime next year. in oakland juppe was kron4...
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her tax evasion, using campaign funds for personal use. but above and beyond that, the biggest gift of all for the democrats in the general, since we have so few anyway is sarah palin. republicans have become the party of sarah palin and this woman is clearly a saia palin accolade and that's the way we got to go at it. martha: let's take a look at what sarah palin said about all this and pull all tweet that she put out there on her twitter account. is says -- it says o'donnell's strategy, time is limited, use it to connect with local voters whom you'll be serving versus national media serving -- seeking your destruction. what does that mean? >> i think that was smart. i think sarah palin is smart and that's what christine o'donnell is trying to do, so she does need to take her message to the people of delaware and i think she should take out ads that says karl rove hates me. i think that would be very effective and i'm glad that bob didn't go after her for the witchcraft comment but frankly i don't want to know who bob hung out with last n
her tax evasion, using campaign funds for personal use. but above and beyond that, the biggest gift of all for the democrats in the general, since we have so few anyway is sarah palin. republicans have become the party of sarah palin and this woman is clearly a saia palin accolade and that's the way we got to go at it. martha: let's take a look at what sarah palin said about all this and pull all tweet that she put out there on her twitter account. is says -- it says o'donnell's strategy, time...